Social bookmarking has been around for a few years now, with
Digg and
Reddit probably the two biggest sites around.
Digg users can watch Kevin Rose and his chums discuss the
latest
stories doing the rounds on Diggnation but Reddit users haven’t had that
opportunity. Until now.
Web 2.0
I may be heading toward a future as a Steven Hodson
acolyte, because I’m starting to feel a little bit too cranky about
some of the latest entrants into the Web 2.0 space.
I’m all about
democracy in site creation and user-generated content, but I guess I
draw the line at letting the unwashed masses mess with my PBS content.
Top Stories On Reddit
I’m really thinking about not renewing my annual donation
based on the concept of YourWeek,
a weekly television program whose content will be generated by the top
stories on Reddit.
No, I’m not kidding; I’m not feeling creative enough
to have come up with something like that on my own. Funded by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (and viewers like you!), the show
is coming out of WETA, Washington, DC, and can be seen online at yourweek.reddit.
The Concept
The concept of the show (which has already filmed its pilot
episode)
involves covering the stories that make reddit’s front page. During the
week between shows, users will be able to follow up at the show’s site,
contributing thoughts on corrections, missing content, and comments
about the show. As the reddit
blog states:
“Meta discussions about that content and the show itself will
all
take place at yourweek.reddit, so please submit all your wittiest and
smartest comments there.”
Conclusions
I’m getting a bit concerned about the glorification of meta as
an
art form, much less as something PBS is involved with. I look to PBS
content for breaking news and coverage of stories I might not find
anywhere else.
I’m not sure if I’m really interested in the exploits of
a former Jack
Sparrow at Disney’s come-ons from sex-starved housewives*.
This article is based on a Profy post written by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira.
